Here's How To Get Food, Toys Slate Belt Area

COMMUNITY REPORT

November 16, 1995|by DIANE SILVIOTTI (A free-lance story for The Morning Call).

AREA NOTES

The Pen Argyl Salvation Army will accept applications for food baskets and Christmas toys from 9 a.m. to noon Nov. 27-29. Applications must be made in person at the citadel, 301 W. Main St., Pen Argyl.

Applicants must provide identification and financial information, including source of income, rent receipts, utility bills, and proof of number of persons in the family. The rule also applies to those who regularly visit the Food Pantry.

The holiday goodies are for the needy in the Slate Belt/Nazareth areas.

The Auxiliary of the Slate Belt Nursing and Rehabilitation Center will sponsor its sixth annual Tree of Love during the holiday season. Participants pay $5 to place a candle on the tree in the center's lobby. Candles are often placed in honor or memory of a loved one.

The handmade decoration will include the honoree and donor names. Names will also be kept in the auxiliary's record book.

Checks may be made payable to the Auxiliary, in care of Janet Brodt, P.O. Box 67, Ackermanville, 18010. Forms will also be available at the receptionist desk in the center's lobby.

The tree, decorated with miniature white lights, will be dedicated in a ceremony on Dec. 14.

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The Father De Nisco Council 3862 Knights of Columbus of the Slate Belt Area dedicated a monument last month in memory of the unborn. The monument, a large slate cemented in a concrete base, was built in front of the council home on West Bangor Road. Tom Bavaria was chairman of the project.

The slate was donated by Anthony Dally and Sons and installed by contractor Robert Bond. Landscaping was donated by Robert Castelletti and several volunteers.

The Slate Belt Chamber of Commerce is accepting nominations for two-year terms on its board of directors. Nominees must be Chamber members in good standing. Nominations will be accepted until 3 p.m. Dec. 1.

Daytime telephone numbers to call in nominations are as follows: 758-7319; (717) 424-7525 and 250-6340. Individuals can also be nominated by mail to the Chamber office at P.O. Box 244, Bangor 18013. All nominees will be contacted to confirm their interest in serving.

The election of directors will take place at the Chamber's annual Christmas dinner meeting at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 14 at the Valley View Restaurant in Mount Bethel. Dinner is $15 and open to nonmembers. To register, call the Chamber office at 588-4411.

BANGOR

The Bangor Bee Hive Community Center, Pennsylvania Avenue, Bangor, in conjunction with the Easton Job Center, 220 Ferry St., Easton, will be open Tuesday instead of Wednesday during Thanksgiving Week for people collecting Unemployment Compensation. Hours will be 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The St. David's Welsh Society will sponsor its second annual Gymanfa Ganu and Civic Ceremony Sunday. The ceremony will start at 1 p.m. at the statue of R.M. Jones. The Gymanfa Ganu will follow at 2 at the Bangor-Roseto Presbyterian church on Route 512.

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP

The Richmond Lions Club will serve a fish and chip dinner 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday at the Mount Bethel Fire Hall on Route 611. For advance tickets, call 588-2007. Tickets at the door will be limited.

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